An incremental sales tax increase to fund additional or expanded mental health services in Kitsap County sure sounds like a good idea on the surface, but good luck digging below that surface for any of the details to the current proposal making its way around.
A couple of weeks ago, Mayor Lent accepted my application and last Wednesday, I was officially appointed as a commissioner by the City Council.
The time around the start of a new year is always ripe for reflection on the past as well as anticipation for the future.
As parents we plan and work and think about the hard, occasionally uncomfortable conversations we need to have with our children. We agonize over the age appropriate timing of the conversation, the depth and complexity of subject matter and finding that balance of for and against arguments to use that make the most sense to a youthful, simpler mind that is still forming in its opinion and ability.
The Naval Avenue School will be celebrating 100 years of operation in January. Not the building itself of course, but the fact that this location has been publicly and continually educating the children of Bremerton since January 1913.
Aloha from the beaches of Maui. The Smidt family decided to forgo the usual cooking and eating of turkey on Thursday and the manic, frantic shopping for those limited got to have it doorbuster specials on Friday to instead save for, plan and now embark on a weeklong vacation in the Hawaiian Islands.
The elections for this year are over. Not much change in the leadership at the Kitsap County or local level as far as the warm bodies occupying the seats go, but closer than normal races should be a big wake up call that business as usual and decisions from the past aren’t necessarily what is desired by the populous going forward.
The end of October heralds the arrival of a holiday that kicks off a season of festivities and celebrations. That holiday is Halloween.
Admitting that your view on a particular subject matter may have been wrong is never an easy thing.
I miss the rain. I really do. One of those great examples of how you don’t miss something until it is gone. For all of the complaining we do about it here in the Pacific Northwest, this current record breaking, long stretch of very dry weather reveals how much our area truly needs the reliable amount of moisture we receive for its continuation and survival.
There are a couple of ways you can approach cleaning. One way, simply address the obvious and visible while ignoring the hidden. The other way is tackling issues that go all the way to the core
I work for a company that develops services and maintains its own software platform…
If you go to the City of Bremerton website, the Bremerton City Council has a list of its goals for 2012 and 2013. One of those goals falls under Streets and Sidewalks.
Families experience joy and pain as part of everyday life. So, it is to be expected that the old will eventually leave us and the new will be born into our families to carry on another generation.
The Olympics has the ever-popular, splashy, attention grabbing sports such as swimming, gymnastics, track and field and so on.
As a Bremerton resident and property owner, I fully understand that my property and utility taxes pay directly for operations and services that are important and necessary to my own household and to the entire community.
The weather may remain hit or miss in Bremerton, but the calendar says it’s summer. This summer’s calendar is chocked full of the best events this city has to offer throughout the year. Many city events are the end result of hours of time and commitment from local business owners and involved residents.
With food prices on a constant rise, a trip to the grocery store for the weekly family shopping has developed into a labor intensive, money stretching, coupon using, price comparing, needs versus wants, exhausting endeavor.
Father’s Day is the opportunity to acknowledge and thank those special dads who are fully engaged and involved in childrens lives. Our community is chocked full of them.
If you live in Bremerton the chances are good that there is that one house on your street or in your neighborhood that creates nothing but scary situations and headaches for surrounding residents.
